Posted on 08/11/2025 12:48:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid on Monday he would ask Congress to tighten U.S. crime laws as part of a crackdown on violent crime in the District of Columbia and other U.S. cities.
Trump said Congress should end reforms in Chicago, New York and some other cities that allow some accused criminals to get out of jail ahead of their trial dates without posting a cash bond.
"Every place in the country where you have no-cash bail is a disaster," Trump said at a White House press conference where he announced that he was putting the U.S. capital's police department under federal control and deploying 800 National Guard troops.
Trump said the Department of Justice would craft legislation to end the practice and called on his fellow Republicans to push the bill through the narrowly divided Senate and House of Representatives.
It was not clear how Trump intended to end no-cash bail policies, which are often determined by state law.
Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, also said Congress should allow more juveniles to be charged as adults. "I can't arrest them. I can't prosecute them. They go to family court and they get to do yoga, and arts and crafts. Enough. It changes today," she said.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
State governments have reformed bail systems in recent years by relying on supervised pretrial release rather than the posting of cash bonds, which have been blamed for reinforcing racial and economic disparities and creating a two-tiered system of justice.
Conservatives say that leads to...
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The dems sold this as being fair to those who could not afford bail and could be innocent. Only problem is it was taken advantage of like so many other left wing wing-nut ideas. Of course they will never admit to their mistakes. There are better ways to address this issue, house arrests with ankle bracelets until trial, other ways as well for minor charges. But for a serious crime, I say incarcerate until bail is paid or trial.
Will Trunp and Pritzger duke it out over No cash Bail, of wich Illinois now has.
Sorry, how many times a week do we have to hear about someone remove their ankle braclet.
Calling on Republicans? LOL!!!
“a two-tiered justice system”
don’t be involved with any law breaking and no worries about facing the justice system at all.
Some do, but as soon as they do that it is known. Then he or she could be arrested with no bail. Of course where this happens the most, is in sanctuary cities where there are not enough cops due to the dems defunding idiocy, so enforcement is seriously lacking.
“Critics say.. “
Who? “”Some say…”
Who?
I don’t really care, Margaret. Bail works great. I bet it goes back a thousand years or more.
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